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We have assembled 10 female horror directors for Jason Blum, who seems to have trouble finding them.

adminOctober 18, 2018

There are three here! From left to right: Roxanne Benjamin, Jenn Wexler and Axelle CarolynPhoto: Getty Images

With the launch of Blumhouse restart. Hallowe'en Just a couple of days ago, the studio director, Jason Blum, has been conducting his usual interviews to promote the success of the study. But instead of letting Blum rest on the laurels of I left Y Hallowe'en,Matt Patches from Polygon He asked Blum about a less flattering aspect of Blumhouse's famous production model: Why, in the last 11 years of his existence, Blumhouse has never released a female-directed horror film? This is what Blum said in response:

We are always trying to do that. We are not trying to do it because of recent events. We have always been trying. There are not a lot of female directors, let alone those who are inclined to make horror. I am a great admirer of

The[[The babadook director]Jennifer Kent I've offered you all the movies we've had available. She has rejected me every time.

Blum also says that he has been in contact with Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak, but he could never sign it because of scheduling conflicts, which we could have told him, since Janiak has been tied up developing a new version of The ship for Sony during the last years.

And, frankly, Jennifer Kent, who has just won a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, probably is too good to The truth or challenge of Blumhouse. But Blum apparently offered it to her, since she says: "I offered her all the movies we've had available." (Why does Blum offer pre-existing scripts to Kent and not give him money to develop his own?) Another question.) It's a strangely obtuse move by a normally intelligent producer, so just to clarify: Karyn Kusama is also too big to those projects of "$ 10 million or less," such as Julia Ducournau, Ana Lily Amirpour or any of the other high profile Directors who usually appear on the "women in horror" lists.

Do not get us wrong All of them are great directors. But getting close to a couple of successful filmmakers that you probably knew at some level would reject you is not a substitute for the development of new talent. And while it is also good that, as IndieWirAs noted, the women have directed a handful of non-horror genre films for Blumhouse, such as Catherine Hardwicke Plush (2013) and The lie, an upcoming thriller of the murder the director Veena Sud: there is no real excuse to close the characteristic gender of her study, and the career plan that accompanies it, to half the population, given the number of women who are very inclined To direct horror films, thank you.

With that in mind, here are 10 horror directors who completed their first film, who have not yet made a feature or who have been directing roles in the dark for years. In any case, everyone is perfectly positioned to direct a Blumhouse horror movie.

Gigi saul warrior

Guerrero, screenwriter and director born in Mexico City, moved to Vancouver to study film and ended up working in the videogame industry (specifically in Capcom Games). He has directed more than a dozen bloody short films, inspired by grindhouse, as well as segments in horror anthology films. Mexico Barbaro (2014), ABC of death 2.5 (2016), and the next anthology. 28. She was also co-founder of Luchagore Productions.

Jill gevargizian

For more than 10 years, Gevargizian has worked as a stylist in Kansas City. But at night, he directs independent horror short films, as well as directing the long indie-horror showcase Slaughter Movie House. It even has its own production company, Sixx Tape Productions. Your 2016 short "The Stylist ", which is currently being broadcast on Shudder, is one of the most elegant horror shorts we have seen in recent years and could easily become a feature.

Izzy Lee

Writer, director, producer, production designer and even make-up artist, Izzy Lee is an independent horror studio for herself. He has directed 13 horror shorts in the last five years, the most recent of which is the Christmas-themed horror comedy short. My monster-Star of the main pillar of terror Brea Grant and has played in festivals of L.A. to London.

Jenn Wexler

Wexler's first feature film, The ranger, is an entertaining punk rock backlash made with a small independent budget, exactly the kind of things in which Blumhouse pretends to specialize. The ranger she had a limited theatrical career, so maybe Blum did not see her at that time, but she will have the chance to catch up when she premieres at Shudder next year.

Roxanne Benjamin

After directing segments in horror anthology films, including 2016 To the south (a clip of the segment of Benjamin in which is embedded above) and last year XXBenjamin is finally working on his first feature film, the science fiction thriller. Body on the brighton rock. She has also expressed her desire to work on larger budget projects, and her frustration at not being hired to direct them, so she would probably take the phone if she called Blum.

Jovanka Vuckovic

A former editor of the horror magazine. Rue Morgue, Vuckovic became a fashionable name in the indie horror scene with his debut in the short film, "The Captured Bird" (2012). Along with Roxanne Benjamin, he directed a segment in the anthology of female terror. XX, and his first feature film, Riot Girls,He is currently in post-production and is also highly anticipated.

Axelle Carolyn

Another journalist turned filmmaker, Carolyn directed one of our favorite segments in the horror anthology of 2015. Halloween stories. (You can see a clip of that above). She also directed a feature, the story of slow-burning ghosts Soulmate (2013), who won the Mary Shelley International Award for Best Director at the Fantafestival in Rome.

Melody cooper

Last year, Cooper was among a small group of filmmakers selected to develop his feature film screenplay. The sound of darkness as part of the inaugural broadcast program of Shudder Labs. That's just one of the accolades that Cooper has won for his work as a horror screenwriter, which also includes the serial killer creature "Monstrous" and the teen horror comedy short "All The People I Like Are Dead."

Chelsea Stardust

Stardust worked as Jason Blum's assistant in more than a dozen films made between 2011 and 2016. During that time, he also directed five horror short films. (She has done two indie performances and another shorter one since then). So, why was it Fangoria that gave Stardust his big break in directing the next one? Satanic panic, described as "a After hoursComedy of terror with a touch of blood?

The soska sisters

Jen and Sylvia Soska are perhaps the most important names on this list, and the Vancouver duo is currently in post-production in a new version of David Cronenberg. Rabid. That said, his style falls on the most commercial end of the horror spectrum, and they made a movie for WWE Films (See No Evil 2). His style would be a wonderful fit for Blumhouse, if Blum hired them.